The ensembl variant effect predictor

W McLaren, L Gil, SE Hunt, HS Riat, GRS Ritchie… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor is a powerful toolset for the analysis,
annotation, and prioritization of genomic variants in coding and non-coding regions. It …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic factors influencing risk to orofacial clefts: today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities

TH Beaty, ML Marazita, EJ Leslie - F1000Research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Orofacial clefts include cleft lip (CL), cleft palate (CP), and cleft lip and palate (CLP), which
combined represent the largest group of craniofacial malformations in humans with an …

New developments in the biology of fibroblast growth factors

DM Ornitz, N Itoh - WIREs mechanisms of disease, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family is composed of 18 secreted signaling proteins
consisting of canonical FGFs and endocrine FGFs that activate four receptor tyrosine …

A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study identifies novel loci for non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate on 2p24. 2, 17q23 and 19q13

EJ Leslie, JC Carlson, JR Shaffer… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Orofacial clefts (OFCs), which include non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate
(CL/P), are among the most common birth defects in humans, affecting approximately 1 in …

Genome-wide meta-analyses of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts identify novel associations between FOXE1 and all orofacial clefts, and TP63 and cleft lip with or …

EJ Leslie, JC Carlson, JR Shaffer, A Butali, CJ Buxó… - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
Nonsyndromic orofacial clefts (OFCs) are a heterogeneous group of common craniofacial
birth defects with complex etiologies that include genetic and environmental risk factors …

Genetics and signaling mechanisms of orofacial clefts

K Reynolds, S Zhang, B Sun, MA Garland… - Birth defects …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Craniofacial development involves several complex tissue movements including several
fusion processes to form the frontonasal and maxillary structures, including the upper lip and …

High-resolution epigenomic atlas of human embryonic craniofacial development

A Wilderman, J VanOudenhove, J Kron, JP Noonan… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Defects in patterning during human embryonic development frequently result in craniofacial
abnormalities. The gene regulatory programs that build the craniofacial complex are likely …

A genome-wide association study of nonsyndromic cleft palate identifies an etiologic missense variant in GRHL3

EJ Leslie, H Liu, JC Carlson, JR Shaffer… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
Cleft palate (CP) is a common birth defect occurring in 1 in 2,500 live births. Approximately
half of infants with CP have a syndromic form, exhibiting other physical and cognitive …

Genome-wide enrichment of de novo coding mutations in orofacial cleft trios

MR Bishop, KKD Perez, M Sun, S Ho, P Chopra… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - cell.com
Although de novo mutations (DNMs) are known to increase an individual's risk of congenital
defects, DNMs have not been fully explored regarding orofacial clefts (OFCs), one of the …

New insights into craniofacial malformations

SRF Twigg, AOM Wilkie - Human molecular genetics, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Development of the human skull and face is a highly orchestrated and complex
three-dimensional morphogenetic process, involving hundreds of genes controlling the …